| Goss, John |
b Fareham, Hampshire 1800, d Brixton, S London 1880. Went to live with a London uncle in 1811, becoming a chorister at the Chapel Royal. Organist at Stockwell Chapel, St Lukeās Chelsea, then St… |
| Haydn, Johann Michael |
b Rohrau, Lower Austria 1737, d Salzburg 1806. Younger brother of FJH qv, and like him an older contemporary and friend of W A Mozart; he became Kapellmeister to the Archbishop of Salzburg, holding… |
| Langran, James |
b St Pancras, London (Middx) 1835, d Tottenham, N London (Middx) 1909. He learned his musical skills in London under Sir Frank Bridge and J B Calkin qv, and became organist at St Michaelās Wood… |
| Purday, Charles Henry |
b Folkestone, Kent 1799, d Notting Hill, London 1885. Born into a musical family he became a musician, publisher and lecturer in music. From the 1840s he was Precentor (Conductor of the Psalmody) at… |
| Layfield, Stephen (Steve) |
b Leeds, W Yorks 1960. The Yorkshire Martyrs Sch, Bradford and Keele Univ (BA, Maths and Physics). He has taught science since the mid-1980s, mostly in schools in and around W Yorks. Up to 2000 he… |
| Gruber, Franz Xaver |
b Unterweizburg, nr Hochburg, Upper Austria 1787, d Hallein, nr Salzburg 1863. As a boy he worked at the loom with his family of weavers. His parents were unwilling for him to develop his musical… |
| Palmer, Florence Mary Spencer (Peggy) |
b Thornbury, Glos 1900, d Bristol 1987. She attended the Tobias Mathay Piano Sch, London, studying under Vivian Langrish (piano), B J Dale and Sir Ivor Atkins (composition); LRAM. Following other… |
| Webb, George James |
b Berwick St John, Wilts (nr Shaftesbury) 1803, d Orange, New Jersey, USA 1887. A farmerās son intended for the ministry who instead chose music for his profession. Studied at Salisbury Cathedral,… |
| Stevenson, Lilian Sinclair |
b Rathgar, Co Dublin, Ireland 1870 or 71, d Beaconsfield, Bucks 1960. Raised in a Presbyterian manse, after studies at the Slade Sch of Art in London she worked with Temple Gairdner of Cairo in… |
| Jenner, Henry Lascelles |
b Chislehurst, Kent 1820, d Preston-next-Wingham, Eastry, nr Sandwich, Kent 1898. Harrow Sch and Trinity Coll Cambridge LLB 1841. Ordained in 1843, he was a curate at Chevening, Kent; St Columb and St… |
| Jackson, Robert |
b Oldham, Lancashire 1840, d Royton, nr Oldham 1914. Royal Academy of Music; organist, St Markās Grosvenor Sq (or N Audley St?), London, 1866ā1868. Returned north in 1868 as organist of St… |
| Warren, Norman Leonard |
b Sydenham, S London 1934. Dulwich College, Corpus Christi Coll (Music and Mod Langs), and Ridley Hall, Cambridge; MA. Ordained (CofE) 1960; after a curacy at Bedworth, Warwicks, he served as… |
| Orchard, Stephen Charles |
b Derby 1942. Trinity Coll Cambridge (MA, PhD). Ordained in 1968 as a Congregational (later, URC) minister, he pastored churches at Abercarn (Caerphilly, nr Cwmbran), Sutton (Surrey, cf notes for Fred… |
| Horner, Egbert Forster |
b Greenwich, SE London (Kent) 1864, d Paddington, W London 1928. A pupil of the organist, composer and author Sir J Frederick Bridge, he was organist at St Alphegeās Southwark (1884ā 86), St… |
| Moss, Edwin |
b Hanover Square, C London (Middx) 1838, d Hackney, E London 1919. The first known appearance in a hymnal of a tune of his came in 1964, with Hymns of Faith, which has no acknowledgement of any… |
| Scholefield, Clement Cotterill |
b (St Clementās Ch) Edgbaston, nr Birmingham (Warwicks) 1839, d Godalming, Surrey 1904. The youngest son of a Birmingham MP, he attended Pocklington Grammar Sch and St Johnās Coll Cambridge; BA,… |
| Fink, Gottfried Wilhelm |
FINK, Gottfried Wilhelm, b Thuringia (?nr Eisenach), Germany 1783, d Halle, Germany 1846. Coming from a family of organ-builders, he studied music at Naumburg, and theology at Leipzig where he later… |
| Francis, Samuel Trevor |
b Cheshunt, Herts 1834, d Worthing, Sussex 1925. Moving in his early years to Hull, S Yorks, he received basic education from his aunt and grandmother. He was a choirboy at the parish church and in… |
| McEwan, Steve |
b. South Africa; a songwriter in the radical/renewal tradition whose work was introduced at āSpring Harvestā gatherings and has appeared in MP and similar books. His best-known song, as featured… |
| Gustafson, Gerrit |
b USA. A church-planting pastor-teacher from c1970, he joined the Creative Team of Integrity Worship in 1985, which involved him in a world-wide musical and teaching ministry. Later he pioneered his… |
| Hitchens, William H |
b 1898, d 1977. A founder member of the (Strict Baptist) Companion Tune Book Trust; see also under Companion Tunes. His best-known tune is one of 12 in that book, no.75 in E major. No.306. |
| Gordon, Andrew |
b St Andrews, Fife, Scotland 1969. Auchmuty High Sch, Glenrothes, Fife; Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama 1987ā 91; GSM 1991ā92. B Ed (Music), RSAMD, LGSM (Jazz and Studio Music). He has… |
| Merker, Matthew |
Matthew (Matt) has composed songs in association with other writers:
Matt is published by Praise! online at number 1219
He has written and composed with Jordan Kauflin and Keith Getty at number … |
| Praxis Pietatis Melica (1647) |
initially edited by J CrĆ¼ger, qv. Later edns (from the 12th, in1666) were edited by Jacob Hintze and others. Many edns have between them enriched current hymnals with several tunes; the first… |
| Kauflin, Bob |
Bob is published by Praise! online at numbers 1184 and 1187. He composed number 1282 with Steve Cook and Vikki Cook, number 1134 with Tim Chester and number 1254 with Doug Plank.
He has written… |
| Gaither, William J (Bill) |
b Alexandria, Indiana, USA 1936. Raised to work on a dairy farm in a rural community, he always appreciated sacred music, notably in āsouthern gospelā mode. At 14, around 1950, he was captivated… |
| Companion Tune Book (1927) |
A compilation from the Strict (Gospel Standard) Baptist āCompanion Tune Book Trusteesā, entitled Companion Tunes to Gadsbyās Hymnbook, which went into several edns from its original printing in… |
| Baker, Henry |
b Nuneham Courtenay, nr Abingdon, Oxon 1835, d Wimbledon, Surrey 1910. Winchester Coll and Exeter Coll Oxford, where he was already composing music; worked as a civil engineer and was employed for… |
| Wilson, Hugh |
b Fenwick, Ayrshire 1766, d Duntocher, Dunbartonshire (Strathclyde) 1824. After village schooling he joined his father in shoemaking, while also studying music and maths and designing sundials. In his… |
| Tozer, Augustus Edmond(s) |
b Sutton, nr Macclesfield, Ches 1857, d Brighton, Sussex 1910. Studying at the RCM, he moved from a Congregational ch upbringing to the form of Anglicanism which attracted him at Westminster Abbey.… |
